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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

Mr.. George Riddle, an actor who failed to
meet with success in Boston, says that he
hopes to exist without the approval Of a
city Whose damnation is purely local This
is dreadful. No other man has dared TO say
such thing of Boston, and it would not be
surprising if that city should send its cham
pion, Col. John l.. Sullivan, to annihiate
Mr. Riddle
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

A Georgia cracker who named his last
baby 'Arethusy Samanthy Ann Frances
Cleveland Yum Yum Jones'" without at
tracing the attention of the press, can't
understand why 50 much fuss was made
when Secretary Whitney gave his last baby
''sech puny name as Dory.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

A young lawyer who hangs out his
single in Northwest Georgia town hopes
TO live to see the time 'when the General
Assembly of the State will be composed OF
men under the age of 50 years" He will be
disappointed, unless he lives to see the time
come when no man will live longer than
thirty years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

At a recent ball in Paris the drinks con-
sumed included $4,000 glasses of beer, $500
bottles of champagne and 5000 punches. 1t
is not recorded how many dancers required
the aid of the police in returning to their
homes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

The solicitously paternal tone of Che in
terstate Commerce Commissioners fulmina-
tions suggests that there are no bachelors
among those distinguished regulators.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

1t is stated that the greatest achievement
OF the Paola (Kan) Natural Gas Company
was effected in running the rolling mills in
that town twelve hours ON less than nine
ounces of gas. What saving to the coun-
try it would be if the Paola company could
be induced to undertake the job of running
COnofeSs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

{ tsfn George H. Sheridan characte1izes
~ Ingersoll as "a moral and intellectual
lfST chist." The distinguished infidel will
~ object to the Characterization.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

The murder Of the unknown girl at Rah-
way, N. j., has led to the discovery that
fifty girls are missing from the great cities
near by 1t has also brought out the fact
that girls are missing from many small
towns in all parts of the country. Perhaps
it might be well 10 establish a bureau at
some central point charged with searching
for the missing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

1t Is announced that Dr.. Norvin Green,
ffesthent of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, isn't in first-rate health. Per
haps the water in his company's stock doesn't
agree with.him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

1t will not be long before the Georgia
watermelon win respond to the farmers
thump with a sound curiously like dollar :"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

AS nator Sherman" says a Western pa
II t'is delighted with the South" The
esitiential campaign next year will afford
opportunity of testing the Senator's sin
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

e girls at Vassar College still insist upon
allowed to wear cap and gown while
ged in scholastic duties. They are hard
1[fisfy. They already wear cap and gown
nfght, and they ought not object to wear
2 different apparel during the day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

When a Western Congressman was told
e liquor could no longer be obtained in
hington on Sunday, he exclaimed:
b, then, what's the use of being a Con-
nnanm 1t is probable that he forgot
De could still draw his salary
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

A New York grocer says that the plan OF
advertising what he has to sell by placing
samples on the sidewalk near the door OF
his store is very costly People who pass
by frequently help themselves to whatever
they fancy, and a heavy loss is sustained by
such petty thefts. IL may also be said in
opposition 10 the plan that the samples
crowd the sidewalk and thus become a nuis-
ance 10 pedestrians.
In New York, on Sunday night, Henry
George lectnred ON "The Crime Of Poverty. A"
Speaking u labor, be- said "Thcre seems to
b. a surplus of labor looking for employ
ment.' This may be true IN some Of the
large cities, bot there b plenty OF work ont
sda Of them. There would be- llttle com.
plant ~ a surplus Of labor If men would
~ away from Che centres Of population and
500 employment ID iocalitn where the
1,l1es nEc not " crowded
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20
Senator Coke,s Letter.

Senator Coke, of Texas, takes a wise
course respecting the prohibition issue IN
that State He was asked to speak at the
State Convention of Anti Prohibitionist5, to
be held in May. and in a letter refusing he
says that he thinks it would be suicidal for
the Democratic party of the State TO either
favor or oppose prohibition. He might
have gone further and said that in no other
way could the cause of prohibition be dam
aged so much as by bringing it into politics,
However, he not interested in promoting
prohibition. He does not believe in it, and
can be depended upon to oppose the adop-
ton Of the prohibition amendment TO the
constitution, which is to be voted on in Au-
gust
Senator Reagan and ex-senator Maxey,
while not in favor of making prohibition a
party issue, have written letters in favor of
the prohibition amendment, and their infu-
ence will be thrown in favor it, The letters
of these three prominent public men on the
prohibition question have greatly increased
the prohibition excitement throughout the
State
The friends Of prohibition would make a
very grave mistake by permitting the issue
to become political one. They would be
certain to be defeated and the temperance
cause would receive a setback from which
it might not recover in yearsl At the last
State Democratic Convention resolution
was adopted declaring that prohibition was
not political question, and if it We're now
forced into politics the masses of the Demo
would, Of course, defeat it. Senator Coke
says there are tens of thousands of Demo
Gratis in the State who favor it, which is
true, but they do not frvor it to such an extent
as to be willing TO see it bring disaster to
their party The next three months win be
exciting ones in Texas
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

The Inte WIIlum d. Vanderbilt was blind
boo ouc ejp. but he was careful ~ ksp file
fart n0u tha public H. probably thought
that if i. we're believed b. couldn't see we'll
ottomits to gei the better N hlmin bargains
would be m2rc froguuH ald paastnt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

Mr.. Jay Gould says that he thinks that
the interstate commerce law should have
had thorough test before suspending any
of its features. 1t would have been more
satisfactory to the public to have first de
monstrated that the long and short
haul feature should be suspended than
to suppose it would, and to suspend
it on a superstition" Doubtless the
suspension that has been granted is against
Mr.. Gould's interest. II it benefited his
interest the chances are he would think it all
right.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

The Now YORK Sun concludes that The
Hon. John G. Carlisle has no chance of be-
coming President because his State-Ken-
tuclly-owing to the reported discovery of
immense iron and coal deposits within its
limits, will soon favor protection. The Sun
will cease TO shine before Kentucky declares
for protection, and it is pretty sure that the
Suns light will not be less bright for many
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

The effect Of the enforcement of the Sun
day law was very noticeable in Washington
last Sunday. On the previous Sunday-thc
law was not then enforced-there were
twenty-five arrests for drunkenness. On
last Sunday there were only nine There
would have been no arrests AZ all, probably,
if IL had not been that whisky was obtain
able lust on the outskirts of the CITY.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

SHOCKING ACCIDENT. shocking
accident took place in the mine OF
Chamberlain collery at St Clair, neal
Pottsville, Pa, recently. Miss Berlis.
Ia Shaul of Sharon Springs, N. Y, a
Vassar college student, was visiting a
fellows student, Miss Minnie Keiter OF
st Clair. The two young women in
company with Harry Short and edwin
Thompson entered the mine to let
Miss Shaul inspect the works. The
NINE had not heeE working for a week
and none but thS party of explorers
were inside at the>time. In an ada
cent working, however, we're Albert
Thompson, one oftlie firm; and sever
al others. They we're startled by g
heavy explosion and FASTENED into tbs
other slope. Tney found Short and
Thompson and the two girls lying
upon the ground, all frightfulIy burned
and mangled. Mss Keiter's face was
beyond recognition, her skull and thigh
were fractured and her ankle crushed.
She died last evening. Miss Shaul
had a leg badly fractured and was
terribly bruised and burned, but may
survive. Shorts head is a mass OF
cuts and Commissions and he is badly
burned. He remains unconscious and
his recovery is doubtful. Thompson
is painfully but not fatally bruised. 1t
is supposed that the party carried a
naked lamp and encountered a body
Of fire-damp. Miss Shaul was to have
been the valedictorian at the coming
commencement Vassar college.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
MIR. Beecher's Biography

The Rev. Mr.. Halliday, Mr.. Beecher's
assistant in Plymouth church. has been
associated with Lyman Abbott. d. D., in
the preparation of the biography of the
late Mr.. Beecher, to which the great
preacher. previous to his death, largely
contributed. 1t was not proposed to
have either Mr.. Halliday's or Mr..
Bpecher's connection with the book
generally known, but the death of Mr..
Beecher has removed the objection to the
fact being made public, and now the COM
plete book will appear with both DR..
Lyman Abtott's and Rev. s. B. Halliday's
name on the title page. They have also
been assisted by corps of over thirty
eminent writers, Leonard Bacon. d. ID.
j. G. Whittier and others, who have con-
tributed "reminiscences, etc. AS Mr..
Beecher did not write a line upon any
autobiography ofhimself, but did contrib
ute to this work, the additional fact is
apparent that DR.. Abbott's and Rev.
Halliday's book is the nearest approach
to an autobiography thai Mr.. Beecher
has left. and with the array of talent EN-
plOyed it looks as if we were to have a
biography which is worthy of the man.
The work is sold by subscription; Messrs.
Winter & Co., of Springfield. Mass. are
engaged in its sale. Their advertisement
appears i'm another column.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

The English House of Commons
witnessed tremendous row one even
ing last week. Major Saunderson,
conservative, said that the nationa
league was supported mainly by Grim
inaIs, dynamiters and murderers acros:
the Atlantic Mr.. Healy, Irish ma
fionaiisr, feeling that such q compE-
ment should not stand unreciprocated,
denounced Saunderson as liar, and
would not withdraw the expression.
Whereupon the Speaker named him,
and Healy left the eaa9ber. 4 motion
to suspend him for a week was car
ried. Then Mr.. Sexton, Irish nation
alist, strobe into the arena with the
remark that Saunderson was a liar,
and that if they were outside of the
house a first-class threshing episode
would be the result. The Speaker,
after a tumult of windy discussion
succeeded in persuading the angry
members to Withdraw their offensive
language, and the surface OF the house
was restored to its Wonted calm.
Upon the whole it was worse than
street Arab exhibition, but parliamen
tary rows are inevitable after Cham
berlain's exasperating speech in Scot
land.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

SENATOR MORRILL's OLD SHOES. The
BrattlebOrO Refornler says some Wash
ington correspondent amuses himself
with an elaborate yarn about Col. A. F.
Walkers going into training to step into
Senator Morrill, S place at the expiration
of the latter's term, and that his appoint
ment as Interstate commissioner is only
a stepping stone. Col. Walker could
undoubtedly build up into a Senator
that would be credit to the state; but
he lives on the wrong side of the mount
ain to have any chance Of an election
until EdmundS steps out, as any one
who is acquainted with Vermont ways
will understand. The Mortified Neegs
observes that Gen. Circuit = is unmiStak-
ably coming to the front " for the SuceS-
sion to Morrill,. Gen. Circuit has sue
ceeded in strengthening himself cOnSid
erably in the past two years and will
quite naturally make a strong push to
be elected Senator. But there is a vide
spread SurmiSe that EX-Speaker j. l..
Martin, though he is out of politics now,
will put in claim when the time comes,
and perhaps Ex-Governor Pingree does
not intend that his existence shall be
forgotten, while Ex-COngressman Tyler
is liable to be on the field, to say nothing
of Frank Fifield and viii Dillingham;
and lot Ct other bright and ambitious
fellows in the eastern part of the state.
When Vermonter gets into the Senate
he is likely to stay until after his COM
petitOrs and contemporaries are all dead.
and the contest therefore will be the
desperate one of a last chance" go
it, man, and go it, bear" !
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
STATE ITEMS 5.

Montpelier wfzsyears ole
May 4, and a celebration is being
talked up.
The W. c. L. U. of Washington
has declared war against cigar store
advertising cards representing The
nude in art.
Thomas Hallahan, fagman for the
Cheshire Railroad crossing at Bellows
Falls, was instantly killed Wednesday
of last week while endeavoring tO
save team from being struck by a
freight train.
Land over in Caledonia must be
pretty productive if the story told by
Merrill Basset be true. He says that
on one acre of ground he raised so
bushels of potatoes, loo baskets OF
field corn, and II 1-2 bushels pop
corn. The fodder from this corn
kept COW all winter. He also had a
good garden on this same ground.
INSTITUTE OF INsTRUCTIoN.--The
American Institute of Instruction will
hold its 5Sth annual meeting at Bur-
lington, VT, July 5-8, 1887. Ar
engagements are in progress for the
usual reduced rates on the railroads
and at hotels. This is the oldest or
ganization of teachers in the world
Its recent meetings at the White
Mountains, Martha'S Vineyard, New
port and Bar Harbor have been ex-
ceedingly large, interesting and help
full. There is reason to expect that
the present meeting will be no less
profitable.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

SENATOR EDMUNDs TO A LITTLE GIRL.
Senator Edmunds received a letter
lately from little Savannah girl who
had read IN a newspaper that he had
ways of his own for making soups
and calves-foot jelly. She wrote to
him for it, formation, enclosing a sprig
of jessamine, and got the following
reply: i'Dear Little Miss-I have
your note with the pretty jessamine
flowers. With the trustfulness OF
youth you believe what the newspa-
pers print, but they have mislead you
in this instance. l do not know how
to make soup or calves-foot jelly. l
sometimes think / know how to make
briefs and laws, that, like soup, are
sometimes digestible, and, l fear,
sometimes not. Cookery is a real
art, and hope you will learn it per-
fectly, and grow up to be a true
American woman, knowing how to do
everything that makes a home hap
py."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
G. S. PAGES CALF sKIN TRADE.

1t is not often that an instance oC-
ours in which the same individual,
for thirty-two consecutive years;
pursues the same business in the
same place, Especially is this true
with reference to the active, rest
less Vermonter, who, if possessed
of any considerable degree of enter,
prise and energy, usually drifts to
the far west or to some of the met
ropolitan cities of the east.
On the 2Ist day of April, 1855,
however, thirtytwo years ago to-
day, c. S. Page commenced, here
in Hyde Park, to serve his appren
ticeship in the Calf Skin business.
For almost a third of a century
he has here handled this class
of goods, his trade meanwhile grad
ually extending and increasing
until it has become, without ques-
ton, the largest in volume of any
enterprise in the mercantile line in
this section of Vermont. Indeed,
strange as it may seem, it is said to
be, in its line of trade-light Calf
Skin stock-by far the largest this
side of the Atlantic, if not in the
world.
We have often contemplated
giving our readers a detailed de-
scription of this enterprise, but
procraStination has been the thief
of time and we have never seemed
to get to it. Not so, however,
with the trade journals represent
ing the Hide and Leather interests
of the country. Both the Shoe ana
Leather Rc1IczV, of Chicago, and
the Shoe and Leather Reporter, of
New York, the two leading trade
journals in this department in
the United States, have sent
their representatives to examine
and report for their respective
papers, Mr.. Pages business and
business methods. One of these
reports has been quite largely copied
by the state press, but inasmuch as
we have never given either to the
public we think them both of suffi-
cient interest to our readers to
warrant their publication and there
fore give them in full below. They
give the views of experts in this
particular department of trade and
their style is quite readable and
interesting, very likely much more
so than we should attempt were we
to give it in our own language.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

johnson are matters of public history
suppose this was without doubt
the first prosecution under the tenure
OF Office law, and | do not know but
the only one. A day or two after the
papers were made they were published
IN paper in Washington. The paper
assumed that they were made by Mr..
stanton, and INDUCED in some full
some laudation of their style and skill.
A day or two after | met Mr. Stan
ton and he said the newspapers had
oeen making him steal my thunder,
and he would have it corrected. /
tolo him it was quite too trivial a thing
TO need any explanation, and not to
trouble himself to do it.
A year or two ago was introduced
to Mr.. Worthington in Washington,
who was then the United States attor-
ney for the district. He told me that
ne Was one of the clerks in the War
Department., and one of those present
on the night in question, and his
memory of who were present, and
what was said and done was far more
specific than mine. He told me also
that the complaint and warrant which
drew that night and upon which
Thomas was arrested, were now in
his possession and carefully preserved
as mementoes of a criticaIperiod in
public affairs. Nearly all those who
al, 10 IF hot laX
have passed over. l have never seen,
as L recollect, any ATTEMPT to give
The events of that night in the War
Department. If what | remember
will interest your readers you are
welcome to publish 1t.
LUKE P. POLAND.
st. Johnsbury, VI, March 26, '87.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

The Newport Erpress has been un
der the management of D. NJ. Camp
for twenty-one years. In a recent
Issue the editor takes retrospective
view of the past 81 years and very
pleasantly congratulates himself OF
his 81 years of editorial labor. The
Cypress is a live, wide-awake journal
ably edited and we'll managed. 1t is
devoted to the welfare of its beautiful
town and its influence has added
greatly to the building up of that vii,
lage. The Eapress Dc Standard is
paper that Newport and Orleans county
may well be proud of.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

The Wisconsin Assembly has pass
ed bill which is intended to circum-
scribe the rights and privileges OF
strikers. 1t provides, among other
things, that any person who shall by
coercion of any kind prevent another
person from working shall be fined
not to exceed 800 or Imprisonment
snot to exceed six months, and makes
it conspiracy, punishable by fine not
exceeding $500 or Imprisonment not
exceeding one year, for any three or
more persons to combine to prevent
any person or persons from working.
This bill ought to become a law.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
Probate Court-LamoiIIe District,

The following business was trans
acted at the Probate Office in Hyd,
Park, during the week ending Apr
10th, A. d. 1887:
April 13.-David Keller, insane, Hyde
Park; A. A. Spicer appointed guardian
Z. w. j. Peck's estate, Johnson; ap
praiSerS return inventory.
April 14.-Mary j. Blaney's estate
Morristown I'll. S. Kelsey and A. D
Thomas appointed commissioners.
April 15.-Hiram Woods estate, Cam
bridge; Administrative asks for license
to sell real estate hearing set for May
9Th, 1887. Chastina Wilson's guardian
ship, Johnson; John NJ. FOss and Sew
ell Newton appointed commissioners.
April 16.-Fred Bliss estate, Hyde
Park; appraisers return inventory. p.
w. j. Peck'S estate, Johnson; admins
tratrix returns inventory. David Davis
estate, Stowe; hearing on will continu-
ed to April Both, 1887. Oscar A, Hattie
c., and c. w. Mcfarland, minors, John
son; Oscar Atwood appointed guardian.
Ii. IL. MOrgan's estate, MOrristown :;
settlement continued to May 4th, 1887,
at one o'clock, P. NJ.
IN INSOLVENCY.
April 15.-J G.. TTOw, insOlvent debtor,
WOlcOtt; hearing held and claims prov
ed hearing continued to July 1st, 1887.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
Estate of VIM. D. Thomas.

STATE OF VERMONT, District OF Lamoille IS
I'm Probate Court, held at Hyde Park within \ nd
A. ID. 1887.
A. ID. Thomas, Administrator of the estate of
w. ID. Thomas, late of Morristown. in said dist
deceased, presents his administration account for
examination and allowance, and makes applica-
ton for decree of distribution and partition OF
the estate of said deceased. Whereupon IL is or
dered by said Court that said account and said
application be referred to session thereof TO he
heid at the Probate Office in said Hyde Park on the
sd day of April, a. ID. 1881, for herring
and decision thereon: And, it is further ordered
that notice hereof be given to all persons inter-
ested by publication of the same three weeks suc-
cessively, in the News Il Citizen, a newspaper
published at Morrisville and Hyde Park preyi-
Gus to said time appointed Tor hearing, thar they
may appear at said time and place, and SHOW,
cause, if any they may have, why said ucconnt
should not be allowed and such decree made
By the Court-Attest,
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